Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-12-30

idiot o'ths equine race. The latter
class Il horse that will he exceeding
hard to learn a. he is possessed Of but
very little bra n-, and Is timid, also.
hat horse, ire ted with patience, Kind
ner- and Car can be made very Use
ful and soon valuable animal, bu
abuse him aud you have a demon
He will in nearly all cases buck .fighl,
kick. bite and fall down, in fact be
will do alI that is expected Of mean,
vici Us and spoiled horse. Sui the
spoiled horses are not TO blame fOf
lh.ir viciousness, not one In 100; tn.
trainer 10 to blame. Ihave seen men
that pretend to break aud train horses
take q green, wild colt from the range
and throw it the first thing, tie np
one of his hind feet. aud after he 10 se.
cure stand over him and beat him on
the head until he was perfectly blind
aud his head an large ss -four barrel.
They Will beat him because he bucks
and beat him because ne don ! buck.
rhey use force and violence towards a
colt from the start and keep the colt
mad aud sore, which naturally makes
him mean. then they say he Is a mean
brute, alter thty have made him 10.
Never beat horse for stumbling, II
only tends to make him worse. Now'
VIII explain an easy and humane
method, practicable and preferable to
the old brutal way OF breaking horses:
FIRST OF All / would recommend that
each one making business Of breaking
colts should buy biting rig (oit'
ting bridlr) and use it ss the first les-
son TO coli; he will loose no time by
that because he can learn him to lead
at The same time, thereby learning
him two things at once, that OF lead
Ing and 10 stand pulling on The bit,
and thereby avoid all probability OF
his ever falling back wards when his
head is held to keep him from Pitch.
ing. A long whip. say four-horse
whip, can be used to great advantage
in teaching borse to lead. Leading
is one Of the best points . well broke
horse Possesses. The biting rigg
need not be u.ed more than once IL
the time Is limited In breaking them.
but where .one has plenty OF time,
two halt. days is better. Saddle him,
without blinds; II he will not stand
tie of his hind feet to put on the
saddle, then check him just enough to
keep him from bucking and loosen
his hind foot. III he will not let you
mount, don't Llind him, let Kim see
all that you do, you make time by
it, Just tie the right front foot with
piece Of rope to horn of the saddle
and in q few minutes he will let you
mount. Alter this Is accomplished let
loose Of his foot and mount just as
though you knew that he could
not stir. and not one horse out
Of every hundred will move
say nothing about bucking, that they
never do as long rs they are held, and
not spurred and made to buck. Kind
ness will soon make the colt familiar
with what he is expected to do. The
fact OF riding is not (or at least ought
not to be) considered breaking. A
great many so-caIled broncho breakers
will ride colt three times for IS aud
blind him to mount and dismount,
and after he Is through with him he is
actually meauer and harder to finish
breaking than wild and untouched
colt. But still the owner can sell
them - having been ridden. He
dares not call them broke, but the
bryer pays ten or fifteen dollars per
head more, thinking he is getting q
horse partly broke and ins'eau ne rs